Want to see these cards in action? Check out our Ravnica Remastered Commander Gameplay video here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZuHm9J6dNmWkso.html

I think this is a buy singles set. Shock lands are going to be VERY cheap after this and the clue murders at karlov manor game release.

@Wingnut202

7 ай бұрын

Cool set, the price is outrageous for the value of cards in it. I feel like it will go the way of Dominaria Remastered: an amazing set made with love, just with a flat-out wrong price. I'll play a bit of limited, buy singles, and only buy sealed product for fun once the prices inevitably come way, way down.

@Gzilla313

7 ай бұрын

Unless you play draft, every set is a singles set

@yoshitheonly

7 ай бұрын

​@@Gzilla313The proper perspective

@Wingnut202

7 ай бұрын

@@Gzilla313 True, but at least for cracking packs, or playing sealed or pack wars, with something like Dominaria Remastered at $100 you can have a lot of fun and still get some value. At near $200 for a DRAFT box it really ruins the value proposition. You can buy a box of Return To Ravnica right now for $120.

@AlgoritmoTercero

7 ай бұрын

This video feels so shilly

Man getting multiple gates in a collector booster feels really bad

@jasonoshman1079

7 ай бұрын

Not if you don't buy them *taps temple*

@jakobirobi2359

7 ай бұрын

That's why the WotC rep is there, to follow up the Professor's metaphorical gut punch with a "yea, but in a draft environment..."

@TheSickjits

7 ай бұрын

you mean this shitty company is putting out shitty rigged products? Wow, shocking

@ghostguin1398

7 ай бұрын

Tbf this is more of a problem with commons in collector boosters at all. Too me the gates are more useful than the average bulk common you get normally.

@jarodhines6544

7 ай бұрын

@@jakobirobi2359also feel if these are the people keeping their jobs at wotc are why the sets are bad.

Loam is a soil profile made up of sand silt and clay in varying amounts. Loam has more silt when compared to the other two if I'm remembering right from my soil science class in college

@RDeathmark

7 ай бұрын

I thought it was something to do with weaving? Like a loam was a synonym for a old timey sewing machine?

@levirynearson5800

7 ай бұрын

You are thinking of a Loom. Hence the name Fruit of the Loom@@RDeathmark

@zealouslyonpsychedelics

7 ай бұрын

Soil science🤩

I really enjoy these. I'm not big on pack opening videos, but having the set lead on to discuss how different things fit in really makes it more of a podcast interview. I also really enjoyed the one with Gavin

Nice to see WOTC giving the Prof. and TCC team the respect they deserve! Would love to see more collaborations like this!

@brettdeadrick524

7 ай бұрын

They realized how important he and others were to the community when LSS started to collab….would have been better had they done more before that.

@bartsymons3477

7 ай бұрын

I'm afraid respect has absolutely nothing to do with this video. WotC is a company, focused on making as much profit as they can and as quickly as they can. Nothing more, nothing less. So if they let an employe show up on this channel (and if the creator of this channel is allowing them to do so), than that is the logical context it should be viewed in.

@SuperG3X

7 ай бұрын

unlike the 1100 lay-offs in the D&D and MTG department

@janelantestaverde2018

7 ай бұрын

​@@tbd3058Oh boy, what an original statement that has never been spewed, and was surely always backed by facts and reality instead of mad, irrational opinions 🙃

These videos where you just have a gentle conversation are so enjoyable to watch.

Just listening to the two of you go through the cards chatting and reminiscing is a delight.

@MtGArtandArtifice

7 ай бұрын

@blaze556922 Remastered sets ( reprints) are a good thing. Too many releases a year is a bad thing. Don't conflate the issues. I am a collector, but I also understand it's a game, and I don't feel it's good to gatekeep game pieces behind a paywall.

@Shishkebarbarian

6 ай бұрын

modern day infomercial.

I love the pace of this video. Calm and nice, it allows us to see the cards calmly and enjoy them. No shouting, no excesses, no nonsense. Excellent, thanks!,

@TolarianCommunityCollege

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Skelatox

7 ай бұрын

Well, no shouting outside of the WhatNot ad read. :P

I love how the Prof catches himself unable to tal about secondary market value

This is a (very) long commercial. Well done WotC for digging a way into this channel.

@hewhoisnamed9050

7 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. How much value is he bombing on these packs? I wonder how that discussion went before recording. Disingenuous, weaponizing his friends, classic corporate bullshit to make their holiday sales look better.

@JasonOshinko

7 ай бұрын

Look out everyone, it's the internet so people aren't allowed to enjoy things.

@hewhoisnamed9050

7 ай бұрын

@@JasonOshinko it's not consistent with the normal style of literally every other release. He didn't even address it, so we are left to conjecture.

@vincentperon2950

7 ай бұрын

@@hewhoisnamed9050 yeah well the person in front of him is a game maker, not a white colar from hasbro. Asking her questions and making points about the price/content ratio would put her in an awful position. Imagine you'd come to some places showing design work and having someone pushing you in the corner to justify decisions you didn't make, that you might disagree with. If you work for a firm, I'm pretty sure you are incentivised to speak about your firm only in a positive way if you have to, and doing the opposite might cost you your job or worse. The prof most likely knows that and won't shake the wrong tree just so you can ear a wizzards' official confirm what we all know allready anyways. I'm sure a good amount of people at wizzards disagree with the overall politics of the corporate, yet love their jobs and the stability it provides to them and their families. Putting her at risk would be an awfull move. Plus, you get to know what are in the boosters weeks before the release so that you can make an informed decision about the product and the prof still has plenty of time to give it's genuine opinion in a better suited context before the product hits the shelves.

@bartsymons3477

7 ай бұрын

@@JasonOshinko What do you mean?

having someone on the team talking wtih the product being opened was the BEST. loved this video

@tison7208

7 ай бұрын

was worth the length of the video tbh

I like how it's not "is it worth it buy" video when a WotC employee is sitting next to you. You're very kind not saying to not buy packs and only buy singles right to their face.

@123raistlen

7 ай бұрын

That video isn't until right before it's actually released

@thatepicwizardguy

7 ай бұрын

Yeah... I mean it's pretty clearly a singles only set IMO. I don't actually like videos like this with employees very much personally (the only one I remember liking was for Dr Who because it felt more like them nerding out over something totally different?)

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I love these chill box openings. While it's great that it's Ravnica Remastered with Carmen, they could both open up a box of whatever and chat like the old friends they are. That's what I really love to see. Again, I love these kinds of videos. I look forward to the next one.

Honestly, seeing them crack a double shock pack brought me back to when I was cracking packs of Gatecrash and I cracked a pack with a Watery Grave and a Foil Watery Grave.

Ravnica remastered doesnt even look fun to open. Sifting through the trash of yesteryear for shock lands and $3 to $5 rares. At around $260 ÷ 12(packs) that's $21.50 a pack. The top Pulls from this box displayed at 1:09:57 are worth like $160ish. Thats a hard pass for me dawg...

@user-vg6sg7kh1q

7 ай бұрын

there is some slot where you can get rare mythic in the draft like the mana fixing , foil and retro frame slot. So you might have around 42 rare in a draft box while you will probably have around 50 rare in a collector box. You will also get a lot more of nice uncommon in the draft like the signet, farseek, plaguecrafter, guttersnipe or rhythm of the wild The collector box is difficult to sell at one time and a half the price There will be a shitload of junk with the gate and gate related card.

@thatepicwizardguy

7 ай бұрын

yup. big agree.

"need that wotc machete" Think they left it with the pinkertons by mistake

Love these duo-unboxing videos! So many stories and memories seem to come up and they are extremely fun to listen to as a new MTG player.

poor timing, many WOTC staff lost their jobs today - I assume this was recorded in the past, but perhaps a pinned comment or an updated intro would have been appreciated by the staff who lost their livelihoods 2 weeks before Christmas

@TolarianCommunityCollege

7 ай бұрын

Yes: www.threads.net/@tolariancommunitycollege/post/C0zGLJLrWpz

@PewPewParrot

7 ай бұрын

I mean directly on the video or pinned, not external to KZread - you are quite influential, the staff would appreciate it. I assume you are trying to keep your relationship with Hasbro positive by not pinning or adding an intro to the video, but sometimes some kindness during times of hardship can go a long way Prof@@TolarianCommunityCollege

Another week, another set. Absolutely exhausting.

love the playlist titles popping up to give the musicians real time credit! I'm really easing off boxes these days, but I can see opening some packs of these over the next season.

If the goal was to get full art shock lands in the hands od as many players as possible, why are they in a $200-$300 product at maybe 1 per box and not in normal boosters, or whatever they're called now.

@mathewevans9706

7 ай бұрын

*Skinner rubbing his fingers together.gif*

@joeyn3590

7 ай бұрын

Wait the shock lands aren't in the draft packs?

@mathewevans9706

7 ай бұрын

@@joeyn3590 by normal boosters they mean in $4-$5 set packs, not an overpriced ‘premium’ set

@benjaminharding6386

7 ай бұрын

@@joeyn3590they are may not be as easy to get then in full art

I love this format of video! Hearing the designer and Prof banter is a treat :3

My issue is that ravnica boxes(guilds and allegiance) are still available and cheap... i could get a box of each for the price of one rastered box. I dare say, its the same problem with dom remastered...

Having someone so integral to the design of a set be there for an opening is a pretty cool experience. Being able to hear the reasoning behind the cards, and the mechanics, why some choices were made vs not. Very informative

Nice video. Love to have a designer talk about the set and the process of designing it.

This was REALLY cool! Seeing you get to share this with part of the project team is really special. Thanks prof!

I am loving seeing the cards from this set, the Ravnica sets are my favorites. Although I can't afford the collector boosters I am still going to buy into it, it's refreshing to see after so much Universes Beyond stuff being pushed. Sadly I feel as though a lot of the cards are a little dated in power levels, but there is still so much going for it, plus shocks!! I am truly an Izzet mage, was kind of shocked to hear you say you were on the Team. Good Video!

Prof And Carmen I love you both and thoroughly enjoy this personal tour of the collector booster box and hope people are kind to each other as we go into the holidays!

Ravnica is my favorite plane and I love the old border treatment. I cannot wait for this product. Really cool approach to have Carmen answer some questions about the choices in cards and art.

I love that Turnabout was not only first printed in URZA'S SAGA but was also reprinted last year in DOMINARIA Remastered. I saw that peek at the camera, Prof, haha.

Carmen is my new favorite employee at WotC. Her genuine love of the game just puts a smile on my face. Hope she continues to do public engagement things.

@Carmparens

7 ай бұрын

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 Thank you for your kindness and for watching! I'm hoping to get to stick around and do cool stuff like this for a long time :)

WotC going back and doing special versions of classic cards is really cool! I love sets like this for that!

Honestly, seeing you two gush over cards is fantastic. I'm probably going to buy singles from this set, but I love the chill vibe you two are giving off!

Weren't the Unfinity and Expedition Shock Lands full Art?

@ShredAimlessly92

7 ай бұрын

Yes you are correct. However… Expedition shocks were lottery ticket cards, and Unfinity shocks were ugly for most people lol

Prof, what is your opinion on certain cards only being available in a more expensive product? Not versions of a card in a set, but the cards at all.

Ask her why 25% of my cards from Angels They are Just Like Us was significantly off center OR why roughly half of my SLD had cards that were scratched or scuffed. 😢

I love how the cards come pre curled! 🥰

thank you Professor I like seeing the smart people who make our sets.

The old border black cards in foil are so sick, I don't know why the bubbles are so cool, but they really are.

Without looking it up... Loam is soil. I wanna say it's mixed with materials that will help retain moisture. (I learned this from one of the Pokémon games.) After looking it up... It's fertile soil, specifically with equal parts sand, silt, and clay.

This was such a fun watch! Keep doing these!

I am very excited to buy singles from this set. I've been pretty cheap with new sets due to growing dissatisfaction but if shocklands drop for a bit like they normaly do after a reprint I'm planning on buying the ones I'm missing to have a playset of each

A loam, is the complete mixture of soil. containing sand, clay, and silt. A proper mixture of those, will help with plant growth, from drainage, water retention, and available nutrients.

So is Wizards on team TCC now? The Professor has been getting spoilers recently and now this, seems like a great thing!

@kingweb11

7 ай бұрын

seems like the bridge fires have been put out

@jasonrhome710

7 ай бұрын

I kinda feel like it's more MTG developers are on team TCC from all of the guest appearances. (Granted, that probably involves SOME level of WOTC being okay with it.)

@greyman419

7 ай бұрын

gotta keep up appearances while firing everybody before the holidays

@Blunderflutz

7 ай бұрын

There’s no better spokesperson than a captured critic.

Great video man. Love the work ya do. Im glad they were finally able to drop those 25c rares i could never afford down to 10c. This set is everything the magic fan could ask for, and more! 😅

Og ravnica was my first intro to mtg when I was 11. I got the selesnya united precon. Still here almost 20 years later. Can't wait for this set to come out!!

I appreciate you prof . I find myself struggling less with depression when I watch your videos i also enjoy watching you on game knights . Thank your for letting us all be apart of your world

This is the best evidence to not buy the set. Let the big stores or folks that sells singles get in on them first, wait a month (if not sooner) for prices to crash and then buy singles.

Hey Prof, a loam is a type of soil that has a high silt content. Loams are generally known for having a high water capacity and are therefore particularly fertile soil when nutrients are applied correctly.

Thanks Prof - Very nice chat between you too, hope to see more similar videos. :)

Buy singles!😂

New cards in old school frame are fantastic! Please keep on doing sets like Ravnica Remastered :)

@TolarianCommunityCollege this is an AWESOME change to your already established format. I really like you bringing in on a WTOC guest to give some background considerations about the cards you are showing off. I'm fully aware this will not always be possible due to WOTC availability, but DOUBLE THUMBS UP for this episode. Thank you so much for you rcontent!

Question: "What was the inspiration for the anime art treatments in this set?" Answer: "Every set is anime now! Because... reasons!" Auspicious Proverb: "When everything becomes anime, nothing is really anime any longer." 🙃

She’s just talking about how she designed the set and then It’S A mOyFolK

@TolarianCommunityCollege

7 ай бұрын

The Prof likes what he likes.

do you always do giveaways like this or is it a holiday thing? Just got back into magic, and love this content. helps me stay enough up to date and get excited!!

So nice that wotc finaly give prof the recognition he deserve !

This video shows how enjoyable this hobby is.

My favorite plane is ravnica, and it will continue to be my favorite plane. The guilds like dimir, Orzhov, Azorius, and rakdos are my favorites in that order.

Our group will wait and may buy some singles but we will not buy and sealed boxes. Thank you Carmen and Professor for the video.

I adore Izzet, the comedy and chaos and amazing cards. I love engineering as well, so I think that also draws me to it...but overall, Izzet is my go-to guild.

Carmen was a great addition to this video, so cool to get all those designer insights! In before Chris Cocks fires her on Christmas.

person says that Turnabout was originally an IDW comic card and hasn't been in retro frame foil ever... it was in Urza's Saga originally and retro frame and foiled in Dominaria Remastered... Or were they specifically talking about that artwork?

Guildpact was the first ETB box I ever bought.. I miss getting them cause of the big card storage and everything that came with them .

Hasbro just laid off 1100 people before Christmas as a cost saving measure (note: their CEO got a $9M bonus last year). Maybe punish their greed by boycotting MTG products until they stop harming the customers and staff to pad their bottom line.

@giglioflex

7 ай бұрын

That's nuts, apparently they laid a lot of people off at Wizards as well despite them being the part of the business that's actually holding Hasbro up.

@7ItalianStallion

7 ай бұрын

I WISH. I've been saying this for years. Majority is ignorant or unable to resist temptation with their weak will power and selfishness. If everyone did boycott, wizards would have make changes for the better because they would see the massive drop in sales. Since I enjoy the game of limited, My only exception to boycotting is one pre-release per set maximum. After the last pre-release, the set was so weak and the cards were so horrible that I don't even think I will want to do them anymore. I'm used to not very strong cards as I've been playing Magic since almost the very beginning, but these cards are different they're not just vanilla cards or slow they have horrible abilities and are just full of unnecessary words

It is Chris Cox that has the Hasbro machete just in case you wan to to borrow it for opening you next box. He has been using it too much recently so it would be a good thing to remove it from his hands

Loam is like mulch. Like the dying undergrowth of a forest that piles up.

I'm soooo glad that shock lands are in this set instead of the standard set that's set in ravnica /s

i still can’t wait to draft the set it looks so fun i liked drafting all three blocks when they came out

Wish Prof would have mentioned value in the packs. “I still haven’t seen a shockland” “Well that was just the 2nd pack” $50 later…

So happy to hear that the shock lands were reprinted

@SpencerCJ

7 ай бұрын

Maybe now they will be within price range

@godschirah2965

7 ай бұрын

They allready just were reprinted this year in Unfinity, though, right?

@Wingnut202

7 ай бұрын

That's the real win of this set. I'm so ready to load up on shocks.

@fastydave

7 ай бұрын

Shocks are already cheap AF lol

@godschirah2965

7 ай бұрын

I just checked: Shocks are around ten Euros each. That price is fine. They don't need reprints. I understand that a Mana Crypt for 100+ is unaffordable for most players but if you erode the prices of chase cards to under five bucks, there is no incentive anymore to buy or sell product. This is poison for the secondary market.

Definitely buy singles for shocklands after this they’ll be so cheap! Idk how you could possibly get 300$ with this set, there’s no heavy hitter like Force of will like Dominaria

The new bob-less bob looks friggin' wicked in retro frame.

You have to be insane to buy a Collector Booster of this deeply undervalue set. It's totally bizarre that WotC would design a set like this with a 'draft focus' and then put such low value into it. On one hand, there will possibly be a lot of shock lands in each box, which could be where the ONLY value will be found, but on the other hand, this set is expected to (hopefully) tank shock land costs, thus hurting the value anyone can expect to crack. This is a bizarre, misfocused set from WotC. They should've just done two new Ravnica sets around the Mystery at Karlov Manor, and reprinted all the shocks in them, along with some other needed reprints. Only people drafting or buying packs from this set are people with extra funds to throw away. It'll be interesting to see just how low shock lands get to in a few months, tho.

Very excited to proxy all these lovely card treatments 😂

Is it just me or are all the borders on the regular cards off center? the right border looks a bit thicker than the left

Wow the first collector on YT of this Set :) Thanks for the Video :)

I hope he can give us a remaster of Onslaught block , I feel like going back to that plane would be great!

@joaolargado

7 ай бұрын

Actualy, Otaria is a continent of Dominaria and we already had a Dominária remastered. But Otaria was built to feel separated from the Invasion part of the plane. So i guess it counts as new remaster. It would be so cool but one can only dream...

@jonous2001

7 ай бұрын

plus with the time they had finding cards for Ravnica …They’d be hard pressed to make a set worth buying a box of maybe with both Otaria blocks *shrugs*

@joaolargado

7 ай бұрын

@@jonous2001 But thats why is a remastered. They can add more sinergetic cards around the archetypes they want to promote. And there's a lot o cards that work amazing with those blocks. Actualy, i'm working on an Odyssey/Onslaught cube for about a year now. Its hidden on Cube Cobra because i'm short on time to really put the required effort. But i think it's coming together... kinda (lol).

I came back to magic after like 20 years out. Only thing I had is the collectors edition set still. I’m so overwhelmed with all the product that I can’t even figure out where to start, what to get, and how to even get started. Ugh.

@JasonOshinko

7 ай бұрын

Depending on the type of gameplay you are looking for, the best ways to start are either buying a preconstructed Commander deck or going to a local game store for a prerelease or draft event.

wish this set wasn't premium priced, was gonna buy/play a bunch of draft, but not for that price. buying singles will be nice i suppose

So exciting return to ravnica was one of my first sets I got into playing magic with.

I'm gonna buy some packs to add to my chaos draft pile, and some old border cards to my cube (just bought utopia sprawl and rhythm of the wild before I know the reprints), but I kinda wanted to see the signets that didn't got an old border treatment show up here...

As prof always says, Buy Singles. and this set seems like the set to do so. on another note "never before seen split color" Proxy artists came out with that a long time ago WoTC just refused to do it so as always the players have to do it themselves. I have a few in my cEDH deck, old cards are very expensive lol.

I cant wait to buy a draft box of this set and sit on it forever when my playgroup inevitably fails to organize a draft night.

Assuming this video was made weeks ago, I hope Carmen wasn't fired from WotC recently

I do prefer the full art shocks present in unfinity but the reprints are very much appreciated

"The wotc machete." Too soon. 😂

Love the moments where Brian is like why not reprint this or make this more available and there is just an awkward laugh or silence... also always great seeing rhe greed on increasing rarity of stuff.

This and the Dr. Who opening make it seem like Brian has pivoted from being a long-time member of Wizards's naughty list to bring a part of their PR department. 🤔

@MT-zb7eg

7 ай бұрын

Why not both? I'm a newer subscriber, but he definitely doesn't often have good things to say about their business decisions and the direction Hasbro/WotC is taking MTG. Maybe some elements of WotC are going under the radar and work with and respect the more outspoken communities.

Looking forward to some snazzy singles from this set. Ravnica is a great setting, recently read the original novels and loved them so much I built an Agrus Kos deck

Nah man I hooked to this series

I'm kinda surprised to see prof like this set tbh. Prices overall going up with singles value seeming really meh as a whole, especially with the practice of bulk mythics in full force here as well. Would have really liked to see some honest discussion about why we need to have bulk mythics and rares to fill space when we're expected to pay $200+ for a product with no msrp. I'm not gonna say he's selling out, I think it's cool that the channel is getting these kinds of opportunities, but I do think there's something missing here. Shock lands should not be the most exciting thing about a $200 loot box.

@TolarianCommunityCollege

7 ай бұрын

Please note that I have not done my "Is It Worth It To Buy" financial analysis. A set can be excellent in many ways but still not have value given the price per box (which is as of yet unknown, please don't pay preorder prices, etc). This is a casual video, not an in depth analysis (which is coming).

@davidmeador6342

7 ай бұрын

@@TolarianCommunityCollege Really appreciate the context and the response! I think I personally really struggle with treating products with that degree of separation which is where my reaction came from. I've only been playing magic for the last year and a half or so, it's a bit harder for me to look and say "oh cool this card from ravnica" when I was never invested at the time. It is interesting for me to see the perspective of someone who's been so invested for basically as long as magic has been around which is why I enjoy your content as a whole and love your passion for the game. All that being said I am really happy to see you getting these opportunities and seems like you had a blast making the video which is what matters.

I really hope this much love and care goes into Khans of Tarkir remastered. Fingers crossed

@JasonOshinko

7 ай бұрын

There is no Khans of Tarkir remastered. Maybe there will be eventually.

@matthewtompkins4338

7 ай бұрын

@@JasonOshinko My bad I was thinking of the upcoming Return to Khans of Tarkir

It’s neat when the Professor mixes things up, having another gent to talk to rather than just talking straight to the camera. I liked when he had Sheldon Menery on

I love Ravnica so much. I can't wait to draft this.

I like how they talk about loving the foil watermarks, but they've screwed up the foil watermarks for years now. Apparently they can get them right for tokens though??

23:13 nice Timeless themed pack, 2 of the most played cards

Watching this was great, I know there is a lot of criticism about this set from me included, but I appreciate the work you put in all of these products.

Wasn't Call of the Conclave already downshifted in Modern Masters 2017?